Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid metal pill box and his color too

and his color too

beading it in excellent shape

The sliding part on this old folk art climbing monkey toy is partially broken

viewed from the other direction

Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid metal pill box and his color tooA handful of Victorian paper lace valentines today, because 'tis almost the season, and what a lovely thing to give to a beloved, including oneself. I'm fussy about ones I like, choosing this and a few more from over a hundred 19th c. examples I had the joy of perusing last weekend, which had been collected over many years by a major Maine based paper dealer, whose collection was not long ago acquired by another Maine dealer and friend. A note that